Backups, include custom directory doesn't work

ITGabs

• April 05, 2016 10:30

from the documentation: Backup Configuration - Documentation - cPanel Documentation "To configure system backups to include custom files or directories, create a new file or directory in the /var/cpanel/backups/extras directory (for example, /var/cpanel/backups/extras/etc). In that file, enter an absolute path to any files that you wish to back up (for example, /etc/example.conf)." I tried to add the csf folder adding /etc/csf and doesn't work I also tried with /etc/csf/ /etc/csf/* _etc_csf also other weird tests for files work ok More data I am using the "backup"/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup --force not "legacy backup" /scripts/cpbackup --force cp version 54.0 (build 21) backups type incremental mounted in /backups Question How can I add /path/to/directory to the backups instead of file by file?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 05, 2016 17:42

  Hello :) I've been unable to reproduce the issue you have reported. Here are the steps I took: 1. Created the "/etc/csf" directory and created a few test files within this directory:
  [/]# ls /etc/csf ./ ../ 123 456 789
  2. Created a file in the "/var/cpanel/backups/extras/" directory:
  touch /var/cpanel/backups/extras/etc
  3. Edited this file and added a line for the "/etc/csf" directory:
  # cat /var/cpanel/backups/extras/etc /etc/csf
  4. Browsed to "WHM >> Backup Configuration" and ensured "Backup System Files" was enabled. 5. Forced a local backup generation via "/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup --force" and browsed to the following directory:
  /backup/$date/system/dir/
  6. Extracted the /backup/$date/system/dir/_etc_csf.tar.gz archive and confirmed the individual files referenced in step one were included. Are you following these same steps? Thank you.

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  ITGabs

  • April 06, 2016 11:29

  Hi, Checking the files today in system/dirs noticed that _etc_csf and _etc_csf_ were there and other tests also. well now it's working, i am not sure if i did something wrong or if is something related to --force with the incremental option on. Also the backups logs looks clean, not sure if this have something related to the problem nfo [backup] Setting I/O priority to reduce system load: best-effort: prio 6 lstat() on filehandle $_[...] at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Autodie.pm line 414. Thanks

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 06, 2016 12:36

  I am happy to see the issue is now resolved. Note the use of the "--force" flag or incremental backups should not affect the behavior of system backup file generation. Thank you.

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